by Michael Markowski | Aug 26, 2019 | alerts, Secular Bulls/Bears, Uncategorized
Due to the violent increase in volatility which occurred during August, the S&P 500 finds itself in an extremely vulnerable position for the last week of the summer of 2019. The volatility has increased the risk that the S&P 500 could decline by more than 100...
by Michael Markowski | Jul 10, 2019 | alerts, Secular Bulls/Bears
For the April 9, 2018 through June 30, 2019 period, the Bull & Bear Tracker (BBT) produced a gain of 32.2% versus the S&P 500’s 13.2%. Even though the BBT’s performance was impressive, there was room to improve the algorithm’s accuracy while reducing its...
by Seth Levine | Jun 30, 2019 | Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears, Uncategorized
Hello, my name is Seth and I’m a recovering perma-bear. (Hi Seth.) It’s true that I used to think that doom was inevitably just another quarter or two away. I was hyper-aware of the business cycle and the encroachment of government into the free markets. Thus, I...
by Lance Roberts | Jun 25, 2019 | Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
For the fourth time, since the end of 2017. the market has set an all-time high. Each previous all-time high has led an almost immediate sell-off. Will this time be different?Such is the belief currently which is being driven primarily by the “Pavlovian” response of a...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Apr 4, 2019 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
The big story in economic developments for the US is the latest report on initial unemployment filings. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level 49 years, since the week ended December 6th 1969. This is a surprising statistic...
by Lance Roberts | Feb 5, 2019 | Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
On December 25th, I penned “My Christmas Wish” where in I stated that is was “now or never” for the bulls to make a stand. “If we take a look back at the markets over the last 20-years, we find that our weekly composite technical gauge has only reached this level of...